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Test your applications against AWS locally with AWS Emulator

AWS · By Daniel Abib · 57 min ago

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AWS launched AWS Emulator, a local emulator for AWS services that runs on a developer's machine.
The AWS CLI, AWS SDKs and coding agents connect to it over a local HTTPS endpoint using the same AWS APIs they would use in the cloud.
According to The New Stack, the emulator was built entirely by a team of agents and AWS will maintain it.

Why it matters

Developers can test AWS-dependent applications locally against an emulated AWS API without deploying to the cloud, which may affect demand for third-party emulators such as LocalStack.

Who’s affected

Developers testing AWS-dependent applications locally
Teams using the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs or coding agents against AWS APIs

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Today we’re announcing AWS Emulator, a local emulator for Amazon Web Services (AWS) that you run on your machine. The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) , the AWS SDKs , and your coding agents speak to it over a local HTTPS endpoint using the same AWS APIs they would use in the…

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